Factory: Coalport Porcelain Factory
Soft-paste porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels and gilded. Decorated on the front with the arms of a member of the Fitzwilliam Family
History note: According to a letter of 9 February 1911 from the executors of the testator, these jugs were given by Earl Fitzwilliam his father who was his medical advisor. This was Richard Francis George, MRCS, of Bath and latterly of Weston-Super-Mare (d. 4 December 1879) ; his son the Rev. Hereford Brooke George, MA, (1838-1910) Fellow of New College, Oxford, Holywell, Lodge, Oxford.
Bequeathed by the Rev. H.B. George
Height: 8 in
Width: 5 1/2 in
Method of acquisition: Bequeathed (1911-01-14) by George, Hereford Brooke, Rev.
19th Century, first half#
William IV
Production date:
circa
AD 1830
Decoration composed of enamels ( polychrome) gold
presumed lead
Lead-glaze
Soft-paste porcelain
Glazing (coating) : Soft-paste porcelain, painted in polychrome enamels and gilt
Accession number: C.2B-1911
Primary reference Number: 137158
Stable URI
Owner or interested party:
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department:
Applied Arts
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